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Cowen, Sir Zelman (1919–2011)  

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08 January 2015
Sir Zelman Cowen (1919–2011) by Wes Walters, 2000 © National Portrait Gallery, Canberra, Gift of Marc Besen AO and Dr Joseph Brown AO OBE 2000

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Cowen, Sir Zelman (1919–2011), legal scholar, governor-general of Australia, and college head  

Ross Cranston

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Cowen, Sir Zelman (1919–2011), legal scholar, governor-general of Australia, and college head, was born Zelman Cohen on 7 October 1919 in St Kilda, Melbourne, the only son of Bernard Cohen, later Cowen (1892–1975), businessman, and his wife Sara, née Granat (1893–1989). In March 1922 his father changed his surname by deed poll. Both families were part of the mass exodus of Jews from tsarist ...

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Ludlow, Roger (bap. 1590, d. after 1664?), colonial governor and jurist  

Natalie Zacek

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Ludlow, Roger (bap. 1590, d. after 1664?), colonial governor and jurist, was baptized on 7 March 1590 at Dinton, Wiltshire, the second son of Thomas Ludlow (1550–1607), landowner, and his wife, Jane (1561–1648), the daughter of Thomas Pyle of Bapton, Wiltshire. He was admitted to ...

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Morris, Robert Hunter (c. 1714–1764), jurist and colonial governor  

Thomas L. Purvis

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Morris, Robert Hunter (c. 1714–1764), jurist and colonial governor, was born at Morrisania Manor, Westchester county, New York, to Lewis Morris (1671–1746), politician, and Isabella Graham (1673–1752). He obtained a classical education at home from tutors. In 1735 and 1736 he lived in ...

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Nicolls, Mathias (bap. 1626, d. 1692/3), jurist and colonial administrator  

Cynthia J. Van Zandt

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23 September 2004
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23 September 2004

Nicolls, Mathias (bap. 1626, d. 1692/3), jurist and colonial administrator, was baptized on 29 March 1626, the son of Mathias Nicolls (d. 1631), Church of England clergyman, and Martha Oakes (d. in or after 1631). After the death of his father he and his mother moved to ...

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Nicolls, William (1657–1723), lawyer and colonial administrator  

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23 September 2004

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